Re: timer randomness in random

2010-10-03 Thread Ted Unangst
On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 9:08 AM, Mark Kettenis wrote: >> Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2010 11:54:13 -0400 (EDT) >> From: Ted Unangst >> >> Speaking of the entropy pool, it should be difficult for a user to >> influence, right? So it's not the greatest idea to allow anyone who opens >> the device to feed ioct

Re: timer randomness in random

2010-10-03 Thread Mark Kettenis
> Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2010 11:54:13 -0400 (EDT) > From: Ted Unangst > > Speaking of the entropy pool, it should be difficult for a user to > influence, right? So it's not the greatest idea to allow anyone who opens > the device to feed ioctls with fairly well known parameters and stir the > pot?

timer randomness in random

2010-10-02 Thread Ted Unangst
Speaking of the entropy pool, it should be difficult for a user to influence, right? So it's not the greatest idea to allow anyone who opens the device to feed ioctls with fairly well known parameters and stir the pot? Index: rnd.c ==